Family Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in Gloucester seeks a Family Support Worker to provide direct support to foster families and children. The role involves working closely with families, planning interventions, and ensuring compliance with care plans. Flexibility in working hours is essential, with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's welfare. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to making a real impact in the community.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working

Reflective learning culture

Access to excellent training

Company pension

Life Insurance

Enhanced sick & maternity benefits

Free flu jabs

Free parking

Qualifications

• Commitment to Community Foster Care’s values.
• Driving license and access to a car are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to foster families and children.
• Plan group-based interventions and activities.
• Maintain case files and records in line with policy.

Skills

Team Player

Critical Reflection

Communication

Resilience

Creativity

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Family Support Worker | Gloucester (with regular travel to surrounding counties) | Full Time – 37.5 hours per week | £26,196.00 - £29,983.75 FTE

Community Foster Care is a Therapeutic Independent Foster Agency. We are also a charity with an important history based on principles of social justice and the power of communities.

We are seeking a Family Support Worker to join our team.

As a Family Support Worker, your role is to provide direct work with the foster family, working in partnership with the foster parents and within the professional team. Your interventions will be purposeful, outcomes-focused and informed by the assessment of need. You will be able to understand, communicate and implement relevant aspects of our therapeutic approach. You will ensure you are driven to ensure the community works to the highest standards. You will need to be resilient, confident and creative to resolve challenges within the care system and enable foster families to also believe that they can overcome the many challenges children face.

CFC provides flexibility to staff working arrangements; however, being available to work directly with children outside of school days is essential. Work is typically Mon – Fri, but some weekend work will be required.

What can Community Foster Care give to you?

• Dedicated to providing a positive work /life balance culture, including flexible hybrid working once established in post
• Reflective learning culture with access to excellent training
• Staff team supported with regular access to psychotherapists
• Company pension & Life Insurance
• Enhanced sick & maternity benefits
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking

Are you the right person for the job?

• A commitment and alignment with Community Foster Care’s Values
• A resolve to make effective use of critical reflection, utilising the various fora to do this with others
• A dedication to personal growth, including a willingness to embrace challenges and actively seek constructive feedback
• An aptitude to ensure efficient and effective use of CFC’s resources and funds relevant to your role, including the consideration of the commercial aspects of a fostering service
• The capacity to be a highly functioning team player
• A fidelity to anti-oppressive practice, underpinned by an understanding and promotion of equality and diversity
• A driving licence and access to a car are essential

What will your role look like?

• Work directly with the foster family and the children to provide purposeful, outcomes-led interventions in accordance with their assessment of need and with CFC’s Care Plan
• Provide emergency support to foster families as and when required
• Plan and provide group-based interventions and activities, including a residential experience for children, young people, carers or families
• Undertake introductory and maintain relationship-building visits with children when they join and remain with CFC’s foster families
• Promote and facilitate the participation of children & young people in decision-making affecting their lives, as well as views regarding CFC
• Support Children and Young People to express their views and promote their views and voices in relevant forums and processes, such as reviews
• To contribute to the ongoing assessment of the child/ren within the foster family, including contributing to specific assessments (e.g. What’s my Story and outcomes assessments)
• To undertake and comply with Risk Assessments to promote positive engagement in line with CFC policy, such as Activity Risk Assessment
• To undertake unannounced visits to foster families in line with agreed expectations
• Maintain case files and other records in line with CFC’s Policy and Practice
• Deliver appropriate training to foster families to meet their needs (such as Safer Care training)
• To attend and contribute to other meetings as required, i.e. strategy meetings, foster family supervision, case reviews, working parties and training courses

At Community Foster Care, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants will undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and enhanced DBS clearance.

By joining Community Foster Care, you will become part of a dynamic, mission-driven charity committed to creating real change. You will lead a team that plays a vital role in ensuring our work runs smoothly, helping us provide life-changing support to children and families.

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